“Fucking heaven,” I groan as Liesel’s hands work their way down my pants.
She sucks on my bottom lip with a smirk to her eyes.
“Ever done it in a helicopter?” she squeals.
I shake my head.
After that, everything becomes frantic. Our hands, our mouths, our eyes. Mine work on her pants as hers work my mouth. Then she’s unbuttoning my pants, while I’m pushing up her shirt.
I take her nipple in my mouth too roughly, but I love the sharp intake of breath. She retaliates by gripping my cock just a little too hard. But that’s how it is between us—a wicked fight that leaves us both with more pleasure than we deserve.
At the same time, I grab her hips as she slides down on my cock.
“God, I’ve missed you.”
“You had me less than five hours ago, and you can have me—”
“Langston?” Phoenix says.
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Liesel freezes in my arms, trying to hide, run, anything to not be here right now. Meanwhile, my cock, and even a sliver of my heart, can’t let her go.
I don’t look at Phoenix. I look at Liesel. Phoenix I know how to deal with, but Liesel I have no idea.
“Give us a minute, Dunn,” I say to Phoenix before realizing my mistake—Dunn is also Liesel’s last name.
Liesel rips herself off of me, and I’ve never felt so bare.
She throws open the door and takes off before I even have my pants up.
I jump out of the helicopter after her, not sure what to do. When I hear Phoenix shouting after me, I don’t stop.
I have to talk to Liesel.
But then I hear laughter that makes me stop—my kids.
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I run, not because I’m afraid of Phoenix. Not because I care what she has to say, but because of what Langston will say or do. I can’t be here to witness him choosing her over me. I’m a strong woman, but I can’t handle that.
I’ll have to go back eventually and talk to him, but I won’t until after he’s greeted his wife.
His wife.
How could I be so stupid?
I sit down on the sand, staring out at the ocean. My flannel shirt and sweatpants are going to be too warm to sit out here in the sun too long, but I just need a little time to let my heart settle.
I hear Langston approaching a second later.
My heart spurs to life, happy that he is choosing me over her. But maybe it’s just to let me down first before he leaves me and grovels to her?
“It’s okay. You can go talk to her. Things can go back to how they were before. We will stop the fighting, stop trying to rip each other apart. We’ll just find the treasure and stop people from coming after us. I’ll go stay at Siren and Zeke’s. I need to thank them for going along with my scheme and see if they were involved with Enzo and Kai’s plan.”
He sits down next to me as I ramble.